The
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the University of
Maryland Baltimore, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of
Assistant/Associate Professor to support and lead the cardiovascular
imaging research program within its Magnetic Resonance Research Center
(MRRC). Applicants are expected to
have a doctorate degree related to imaging science and a strong track record of
peer-reviewed publications in methodology developments and clinical
applications related to cardiovascular imaging research. Applicants are also expected to have track
record of external funding preferably from federal funding sources. The successful
applicant will work closely with the MR Physics group will take the lead in
forging multi-disciplinary collaborations in cardiovascular research
At
the MRRC the faculty member will have access to state of the art imaging
equipment including two research dedicated 3.0 Tesla MRI Systems (GE 750w &
Siemens Prisma FIT), a Siemens PET/MRI system and several state of the art
Siemens clinical MR systems (both 1.5T & 3T). In addition small animal imaging resources
include a 7 Tesla and 9.4 Tesla (March 2018 installation) with cryoprobe from
Bruker, a Siemens Inveon microPET/CT system, MR-guided Focused ultrasound
system from Image Guided Therapies, and a Perkin Elmer IVIS Spectrum for
Bioluminescence and fluorescence studies.
The
successful candidate will also have access to the Center for Metabolic Imaging
& Therapeutics, a collaborative venture between the hospital system and the
School of Medicine to foster multi-disciplinary collaborations and to translate
basic science findings to clinical practice.
At this center, in addition to the 3.0 GE 750w system, a GE SpinLabTM
dynamic nuclear polarizer is available which is suitable for preclinical and
clinical applications. Supporting the
Hyperpolarization program is also a dedicated small animal 3T MR system. The GE
MR scanner is also integrated with two Insightec 1024-element high-intensity
focused ultrasound (HIFU) systems (220 & 670 kHz) for image-guided
interventions.